Desire Quote by E. W. Howe Download Open image “Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.” — E. W. Howe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Desire People Truth Truthful Uncontrollable
Nothing in this world is more powerful, or more dangerous, than the truth. That's why some people go to such lengths to avoid hearing… — Jonathan Cainer Copy Share Image
Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think. — Paloma Faith Copy Share Image
We know that passion, prejudice, party, and even good-will, tempt many who preserve a fair character with the world to deviate from truth in… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Some people don't like telling the truth... And some people can't handle hearing it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyone may have the desire to tell the truth but only a few have the courage to tell it. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
It seems like people always want the truth, but never want to be honest. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
There is a big disincentive to talk about the truth. I will speak the truth. — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
Don't forget that few people are likely to tell more than a small part of the truth: no one tells much of the truth,… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“Communicating real, raw, harsh truth to people is always better than communicating a 'pleasant lie' . . .” — Alan Roger Currie Copy Share Image
Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
The only gambling tip which amounts to anything is to keep out of the game. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
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Ye youths and virgins, when your generous blood Has drunk the warmth of fifteen summers, now The loves invite; now to new rapture wakes… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
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In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people have scolded… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image